Language name and locationː Mwani, Mozambique [Refer to Ethnologue]

言名称和分布地区姆瓦尼语, 莫桑比给最北部德尔加杜角省

 

1. mʼmoja [mʼmodʒa]

21.  ʃirini na mʼmoja ( Arabic + Bantu)

2. mbire

22.  ʃirini na mbire

3. natu

23.  ʃirini na natu

4. nʼné

24.  ʃirini na nʼné

5. nʼtano

25.  ʃirini na nʼtano

6. sita ( < Swahili / Arabic )

26.  ʃirini na sita

7. saba ( < Swahili / Arabic )

27.  ʃirini na saba

8. nane ( < Swahili )

28.  ʃirini na nane

9. kʰɛ́nta ( < Swahili / Arabic )

29.  ʃirini na kʰɛ́nta

10. kume

30.  talatini ( < Swahili / Arabic )

11. kume na mʼmoja

40.  arubaine ( < Swahili / Arabic )

12. kume na mbire

50.  amusine ( < Swahili / Arabic )

13. kume na natu

60.  sitine ( < Swahili / Arabic )

14. kume na nʼné

70.  sabine ( < Swahili / Arabic )

15. kume na nʼtano

80.  tamanine ( < Swahili / Arabic )

16. kume na sita

90.  tusuine ( < Swahili / Arabic )

17. kume na saba

100. mia ( < Swahili / Arabic )

18. kume na nane

200. mia mbire

19. kume na kʰɛ́nta

1000. álufu  ( < Swahili / Arabic )

20. ʃirini ( < Swahili / Arabic )

2000. álufu mbire

 

Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Sebastian Floor, Summer Institute of Linguistics, Mozambique. 1998

供资料的语言学家: Mr. Sebastian Floor, 1998 年 

 

Other comments: Mwaní (Kimwani) or Mwane, Namwaní is spoken by approximately 167,000 speakers in Cabo Delgado province: coast north of Pemba, Arimba to Palma, Ibo and Mocimboa da Praia; Querimba archipelago offshore, Mozambique.

Mwani has numeral system mixing with some indigenous Bantu numbers with Swahili loanwords. Note that high tones are marked, but low ones are left unmarked.


 

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